Abstract

Background

The incidence of cardiovascular disease due to thrombosis is 2–4 folds greater in diabetic patients. Prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and platelet count are hematological indices that give an insight into the coagulation status. Hence, this study aims to assess the coagulation status of type II diabetic patients.

Methods

A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted at Bahir Dar Felege Hiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A total of 40 treated type II diabetic, 40 untreated diabetics and 40 non-diabetic subjects were included. After taking informed consent, structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data. Following interview, 4 ml of blood was collected to determine PT, aPTT and platelet count of the three groups. The data were entered into SPSS version 20 and analyzed. One-way ANOVA was used to compare means of PT, aPTT and platelet count among the groups. A P value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Bahir Dar Felege Hiwot referral hospital management and laboratory staff for kind cooperation during data collection. We also thank study participants for their willingness to participate in this study and provision of important information.

Authors’ contributions

YAA participated in the design of the study, data collection, performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript. MBS, MA and BE analyze and interpreted the data, and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Compliance with ethical standards

Ethical consideration

This study was reviewed and approved by the School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences Research and Ethical Committee, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar. Then, after official permission was obtained from Bahir Dar Felege Hiwot referral hospital, written informed consent was obtained from every individual prior to enrolment in the study. The purpose and objectives of the study was clearly explained to the study subjects. The respondent was allowed to quit if he/she didn’t want to participate in the study. Confidentiality was maintained and withdraw at any time was allowed.

Competing interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this manuscript.

Consent for publication

Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual persons’ data.